Treasure Boost: Grout

Hey there,

Well for the first time in the 6 months I've been playing, I am not impressed with you BB. Why on earth would you offer a 4 day special that the majority of users have no access to? Prolonged Treasure Search is not even available to anyone until they are level 54 or higher.

Now all my explorers are 'starred' showing that they are more efficient, when in fact they are not.

As someone who just recently turned level 50, I am finding out that I need grout more and more...and the fact that I now have to stare at this 'special' on my screen for the next 4 days when it is not something I have any possibility of being a part of, is disappointing and, well, elitist.

As a level 50 player, trying to get grout to use is basically a myth, unless I want to spend real life dollars. And yes I know I will be able to trade eggs for them at the upcoming Easter event... that is not the point. THAT is available to everyone. THIS is not.

LadyToria

Agreed with this one.. Got me all excited to see the Star, but then found out, that this special is only for the Elitest of the players..
Why? Majority of the players simply cannot enjoy this "special".. BB could have easily made it more widely applicable. I too do not understand their rationale or logic behind such things..

You should double Granite next.

I don't find it especially useful despite being able to do it anyway. This would be a nice boost during Easter when I'm actually treasure searching, but I hardly ever do those when events are not happening. I have yet to even do a prolonged search, but I might do one or two to take advantage of this, although considering the odds I'm not sure it'll matter. Still, I like that they keep offering up these limited offers, even if they are not always something I'm that interested in.

Koshko - You should double Granite next.

But only for those level 53 and under *grins*

This one might not be to your liking, but the next could be. It is better than the nothing they have offered in the past. I am liking these frequent bonuses whether or not I have a use for them.

Anywho with the low drop rate of grout, no one really benefits from this much. You are not missing out. I will keep track and we shall see how much, if any extra grout I get.

I am not sending any explorers on these searches, the grout return is too low either way - I'd rather be out looking for WC's.

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Originally Posted by KingHomer

I am not sending any explorers on these searches, the grout return is too low either way - I'd rather be out looking for WC's.

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Bingo! You all do not need to worry about losing much... Prolonged is a base 72h search, with relatively small returns for grout, *IF* you even get grout, which the return rate is not known - even on the wiki. Looks like SP might return some results later. IMO, even a science maxed Prolonged Searches are too long if your only desire was grout.

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Prolonged %

Granite 60 17.7
Platinore 30 13.3
EWL 100 17.7
MWL 40 8.8
Gold bars 150 13.3
Coins 100 2.7
Salpeter 30 13.3
Grout 30 4.4
Titanbars 30 8.8

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According to german wiki.

I have 15 explorers out doing the prolonged search all the time. Grout wasn't very high on the drop list for me. Tonight was the second time I sent them out and I only got 2 grout each time. So total of 4 drops of 60 grout. You're not missing much.